I didn't have much interest in this from the trailer, but it got rave reviews and my girlfriend had friends recommend it, so we watched it. And she loved it. And I have no idea why.
I mean, it's heartfelt, the performers are good, but it's only mildly, occasionally funny and the drama is rather maudlin. Mainly it's just kind of dull.
Because my girlfriend loves this, and she only watches TV in the evenings with me, I have had to suffer through it for two seasons. And I just can't get into it. I can say that it's an interesting, inclusive view of smalltown life. I can say it bravely fills the screen with unattractive people and a main character who is only fitfully likable, but I don't need brave, I need entertaining.
Anyway, people love this, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with my taste in TV.
I mean, it's heartfelt, the performers are good, but it's only mildly, occasionally funny and the drama is rather maudlin. Mainly it's just kind of dull.
Because my girlfriend loves this, and she only watches TV in the evenings with me, I have had to suffer through it for two seasons. And I just can't get into it. I can say that it's an interesting, inclusive view of smalltown life. I can say it bravely fills the screen with unattractive people and a main character who is only fitfully likable, but I don't need brave, I need entertaining.
Anyway, people love this, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with my taste in TV.